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Real world evidence (RWE) was cited differently depending on a number of criteria, leaving the door open to future research on how RWE influences payer decision making for specialty drug plans, said presenting author, Ari Panzer, at the Virtual ISPOR 2020, the annual meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR).

The alternative payment model (APM) doesn’t perfectly balance the competing interests of revenue growth and value-based care, but it has been a learning tool, panelists said at Virtual ISPOR 2020, the annual meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.

Harmonized efforts across global borders and among stakeholders are needed to generate and build acceptance of real world evidence (RWE) to actively aid in health care decision making, panelists said at Virtual ISPOR 2020, the annual meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.

There’s not enough study of the effects of international reference pricing, but it is likely to stifle innovation and create access problems, according to an expert panel at Virtual ISPOR 2020, the annual meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.

Pharmacy organizations such as the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) and the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) are advocating for structural changes to health care based on lessons learned from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

In light of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, pharmacies have implemented new strategies to ensure their patients continue to receive care, especially for those who have lost their insurance or have underlying conditions.

Molly Burich, head of public policy for Boehringer Ingelheim, a global drugmaker, discusses hopeful signs that the biosimilar market in the United States is improving.

Taking an abundance of time to file a motion to block Kanjinti from coming to market, Genentech unwittingly may have tipped the scales in favor of biosimilar applicants.

Jeenal Patel, PharmD, BCGP, a formulary manager for WellDyne, said pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and employers are increasingly turning to formulary exclusions to control the rising cost of drugs.

Many additional biosimilars could be on the market by 2025, said presenters at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy eLearning Days virtual meeting.

Douglas M. Long, MBA, vice president of Industry Relations for IQVIA, surveyed COVID-19's effects on the pharmaceutical marketplace as he kicked off AMCP eLearning Days, a webinar series held in place of the annual meeting of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP).

Posters presented at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) eLearning Days meeting this week from April 20 to 24 reveal important data on biosimilar utilization management, switching, and affordability.

Ruby Singh, vice president for Education and Training, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP), speaks with Mary Caffrey about the upcoming AMCP eLearning Days, a virtual meeting that will take place April 20 to 24. AMCP's annual meeting was canceled due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This transcript is edited slightly for clarity.

Russia has rebuilt its pharmaceutical industry following the demise of the former Soviet-led government, and emerging companies such as Geropharm are looking for markets abroad.

Legal and industry experts ponder whether expanded access to biosimilars is a way around patent thickets that slow the launch of approved biosimilars.

Katie Verb, director of policy and research for the biopharmaceutical industry group PhRMA, discusses recent policy changes that have increased biosimilar uptake and additional measures that could lead to greater use of biosimilars and savings for CMS and patients.

The US biosimilars market is showing healthy vital signs, said Leah Christl, Amgen’s executive director for global regulatory and research and development policy, in a talk kicking off the World Biosimilar Congress 2020 at the Festival of Biologics USA in San Diego, California, while also reassuring the audience that her former FDA colleagues are still champions of their work.

Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD, a pharma industry veteran and consultant for biosimilar makers, discusses ins and outs of the approvals process that cause frustration and unnecessary expense.

The orphan drug market could see hefty biosimilar competition, based on revenue potential, and patent struggles need to be resolved before some biosimilars can come to market, according to a speaker reviewing the 2020 pipeline at the Specialty Therapies and Biosimilars Congress.

Biosimilars are starting to gain some traction in the marketplace, according to a speaker reviewing the 2020 pipeline at the Specialty Therapies and Biosimilars Congress.

In a recent presentation at the Specialty Therapies and Biosimilars Congress, the director of pharmacy for Emory Healthcare discussed how they developed a strong in-house specialty pharmacy and cut dependence on outside for-profit specialty pharmacies and managed to strengthen adherence, improve patient outcomes, and reduce costs.

How does CMS payment policy for Medicare, Medicaid, and 340B hospitals affect biosimilar uptake? A speaker at the recent at the 2020 Specialty Therapies and Biosimilars Congress explained.

Panelists at the 2020 Specialty Therapies and Biosimilars Congress discussed the strategies needed to get biosimilars to market and overcome obstacles by originator product manufacturers.

Molly Burich, MS, director of public policy for biosimilars and pipeline at the pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim, discussed the International Price Index proposal Thursday at the 2020 Specialty Therapies and Biosimilars Congress in Miami, Florida.

In a wide-ranging state-of-the-industry talk, the clinical operations manager for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan discussed pending legislation, electronic prior authorization (ePA), and biosimilar uptake, among other prominent issues Wednesday at the 2020 Specialty Therapies and Biosimilars Congress in Miami, Florida.

It’s important to keep in mind the successive patents that can be filed to keep an original product in a position of market dominance, and drug descriptions in biologic license applications can be written cleverly to achieve this aim, according to a panelist speaking at the Specialty Therapies and Biosimilars Conference, happening January 22-24, 2020, in Miami, Florida.

The company's announcement of an aggressive launch calendar at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco last week was followed by Celltrion’s announcement this week that it plans to open a large biologics manufacturing plant in Wuhan, China.

The leading generic drug manufacturer launched Truxima, a biosimilar for rituximab, in November 2019 at a 10% discount to the reference product, Rituxan.

Gilead Science’s new chairman and chief executive officer outlined a growth plan this week at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, California.

As the only anti–tumor necrosis factor therapies currently available to US patients with inflammatory diseases, biosimilars of infliximab are increasingly used to treat diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. While there are a wealth of data on real-world use of these products in territories like the European Union, less research has examined their use in the United States. During the American College of Rheumatology’s 2019 meeting, held this week in Atlanta, Georgia, researchers reported on the results of 3 studies that assessed real-world use of biosimilar infliximab in the US context.